Latest Universities Headlines
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AIG, Congress and Law of Unintended Consequences
Apr 27 2009 // When corporations want to borrow large sums of money they usually rely on selling bonds. Introductory college finance courses always include a chapter covering interest rates and bonds. So, much of the information I...
Students of Insurance at Texas Universities Receive Scholarships
Apr 23 2009 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has awarded academic scholarships to 12 students at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Huston-Tillotson University and the University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg. The...
University of Hawaii Looking at New Insurance Program
Apr 20 2009 // The University of Hawaii will conduct a feasibility study to determine the viability of establishing and operating an owner controlled insurance program. The study was approved by the UH Board of Regents. Such a program...
Arizona Association Offering College Scholarships
Apr 17 2009 // The Arizona Chapter of the CPCU Society (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) is sponsoring scholarships to be awarded to graduating high school students and college/university students currently taking insurance...
Army Soldier Sues University of Washington for Discrimination
Apr 6 2009 // An U.S. Army reservist is suing the University of Washington, accusing the institution of harassment and discrimination for serving in the Iraq war. A report on seattlepi.com says that Army Reserve Lt. Col. James Lukehart...
Liaisons Highlight Consumer Insurance Concerns
Apr 6 2009 // Consumer Advocates Focus on How Insurers Treat Insureds in Difficult Economic, Credit Climate Insurance agents, brokers and regulators should be aware that when it comes to insurance, consumers are concerned with such...
Farmers Appoints Harwood Vice President
Apr 2 2009 // Jim Harwood, former assistant vice president over Agency Training at Farmers Insurance has been promoted to the position of vice president, University of Farmers. He will be responsible for the strategic direction and...
School Buses Among Safest Ways to Travel in Iowa
Mar 13 2009 // University of Iowa researchers have found that school buses are among the safest forms of road transportation in Iowa. Jingzhen (Ginger) Yang, Ph.D., assistant professor of community and behavioral health in the University...
Copenhagen Climate Change Conference Commences
Mar 10 2009 // One of the largest ever interdisciplinary conferences on climate change will kick-off today in Copenhagen, Denmark. A bulletin from the University of Copenhagen notes that “more than 2,000 participants from around 80...
Those Dashed Lines on Roads Are Longer Than Drivers Think
Feb 4 2009 // Take a guess — how long are the dashed lines that are painted down the middle of a road? If you’re like most people, you answered, “Two feet.” The real answer is 10 feet. That’s the federal...
Ohio’s Kehres Named Division III Liberty Mutual Coach of Year
Jan 26 2009 // Ohio’s Mount Union College head football coach Larry Kehres has been selected as the 2008 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year for Division III. Kehres and Liberty Mutual will present four local charities and the Mount...
Regents Consider Bonds to Aid University of Iowa Flood Recovery
Jan 13 2009 // The Iowa Board of Regents plans to meet Friday to consider issuing $30 million in bonds to help with flood-recovery at the University of Iowa. The school suffered more than $230 million in damage during widespread June...
Insurers’ Backing Sought for Car Key That Jams Teen Drivers’ Cell Phones
Dec 12 2008 // University of Utah researchers have developed an automobile ignition key that prevents teenagers from talking on cell phones or sending text messages while driving. The inventors are hoping the insurance industry will back...
CPCU Society’s Arizona Chapter Announces Scholarship Recipients
Dec 12 2008 // The Scholarship Committee of the Arizona Chapter of the CPCU Society (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) has announced the recipients of the chapter’s 2008-2009 scholarships: Jenelle Burns, Arizona State...
Kansas University Research Center Sues National Institutes of Health
Nov 25 2008 // The University of Kansas Center for Research has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that two of its researchers should be listed on patents for a cancer drug. The research center sued the National Institutes of Health...
California Commissioner Applauds Insurance Education at Cal State Fullerton
Nov 24 2008 // “You are the current and future business leaders of the state of California,” California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner told an audience at California State University in Fullerton on Oct. 17, 2008. In...
Texas Higher Education Students Awarded Insurance Scholarships
Nov 20 2008 // The Insurance Council of Texas Education Foundation has awarded $28,000 in academic scholarships to 14 students of insurance at three universities in the state. “This is the seventh year that we have awarded...
University Football Facility Named for Alabama Agent’s Family
Nov 16 2008 // Samford University’s new football field house is being named for a prominent Birmingham family. The Cooney Family Field House was made possible with a lead gift from Birmingham insurance agent and Samford graduate...
Purdue University Research: Hoosiers Feel No Need to Obey Speed Limits
Nov 11 2008 // More than a third of drivers in Tippecanoe County, Ind. believe driving 20 mph over the speed limit is OK, and the rest have no qualms going 5 to 10 mph over the limit, a Purdue University researcher has found. Civil...
University of Iowa to Restore Art Facility
Nov 7 2008 // Despite the risk that the Iowa River could overflow its banks again, the University of Iowa says it will restore a flood-damaged art building. Officials say that’s because the need for space outweighs the risk that...
